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Rahūgaṇa Converses with Jaḍa Bharata
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There is nothing in the phenomenal world that is not produced by the supreme energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Aromas from the earth are different scents manufactured and used for different purposes, but the original cause is the earth, nothing else. A waterpot made of earth can be used to carry water for some time, but ultimately the pot is nothing but earth. Therefore there is no difference between the pot and its original ingredient, earth. It is simply a different transformation of the energy. Originally the cause or primary ingredient is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and the varieties are only by-products. In the  Chāndogya Upaniṣad  it is stated:  yathā saumy ekena mṛt-pīṇḍena sarvam mṛnmayam vijñātam syād vācārambhañam vikāro nāmadheyam mṛttikety eva satyam . If one studies the earth, he naturally understands the by-products of the earth. The  Vedas  therefore enjoin,  yasmin vijñāte sarvam evam vijñātam bhavati : if one simply understands the original cause, Kṛṣṇa, the cause of all causes, then naturally everything else is understood, although it may be presented in different varieties. By understanding the original cause of different varieties, one can understand everything. If we understand Kṛṣṇa, the original cause of everything, we do not need to separately study the subsidiary varieties. Therefore from the very beginning it is said:  satyam param dhīmahi . One has to concentrate one's understanding on the Supreme Truth, Kṛṣṇa or Vāsudeva. The word  Vāsudeva  indicates the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the cause of all causes.  Mat-sthāni sarva-bhūtāni na cāham teṣv avasthitaḥ . This is a summary of phenomenal and noumenal philosophy. The phenomenal world depends on the noumenal existence: similarly, everything exists by virtue of the potency of the Supreme Lord, although due to our ignorance the Supreme Lord is not perceived in everything.
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पसन्निधानात्परमाणवो ये ।
अविद्यया मनसा कल्पितास्ते
येषां समूहेन कृतो विशेषः ॥ ९ ॥
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